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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

बैक्टीरिया

Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: baikṭīriyā

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bacterium/bækˈtɪəriəm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"कुछ बैक्टीरिया हमारे शरीर के लिए फायदेमंद होते हैं।"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some which can cause disease.

    "Certain types of bacteria in the gut help with the digestion of food."
  2. 2

    Microscopic single-celled organisms found virtually everywhere on Earth, essential to global ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles.

    "Researchers identified a new strain of soil bacteria capable of breaking down plastic polymers."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Modern Latin bacterium, coined in the 19th century from the Greek baktēria meaning 'staff' or 'cane' due to the rod-like shape of the first discovered species. It entered general scientific English in the late 1800s with the expansion of microbiology.

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